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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. A. HOOVER & R. BROWN.

HARVESTER.

No. 348,495. Patented Aug. 31, 1886.

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, NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABEL HOOVER AND ROBERT BROVN, OF MIAMISBURG, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO SAID HOOVER AND WILLIAM GAMBLE, OF SAME PLACE.

HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 348,495, dated August 31, 1886.

Application tiled September 19,1885. Serial No. 177,530. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that we, ABEL HOOVER and ROBERT BROWN, residents ot' llIiamisbui-g, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio,

5 have invented certain new and useful Improvemeuts in Harvesters, of which the following is a specification.

Ourinveution relates to an improvement in harvester-s. It refers more particularly to that class of self-binders which employs the binderfranie mounted upon the outer end ofthe main frame, 'outside of the d riving-wheel. 1t is adapted to be used with the Appleby and other similar classes of binders.

l One ofthe objects of our invention is to construct the binder-frame and attach it to the main frame so that it may be swung round to the rear of the machine, to reduce the length ofthe harvester and enable it to be readily transported through gateways.

Another object of our invention is to iniprove the construction of the binder-frame, so that it may be more readily adjusted.

Other features of our invention will be set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figurel isaperspective view ofour improve- :ment attached to the frame of the harvester with the driving, kiiotting, and packer mechanism omitted. Fig. 2 is a top plan View showing the binder-frame in position for transportation. Fig. 3 is a front end elevation, partly in section, showing the attachment of the binder to the inain frame. Fig. et is a moditied forni of hinging the binder-frame to the main frame.

A represents the main driving-wheel.

B represents the longitudinal rails of the main harvester-frame; a c, transverse side rails; O, the divider at the grain end of the cutter-bar; D D D, the ordinary A-franie attached to and supported upon the main frame of the harvester.

E represents a decking-board over which the grain passes ou its way to the binder-table.

B represents a rail attached to the main frame, so as to forni an elevated support above the rear rail, B, to bring the binder-frame in proper relative position to the decking E.

In order to make our binder-frame detachable and adjustable, we secure it to the siderail, c,which is placed outside of the drivingwheel iu the following manner: I represents a slotted arm, preferably iliade of a separate piece and secured to rail c, as shown in Fig. 2,

or to the sill l near the rail c, as shown in Fig.V

l, and extending some distance in rear of the harvester, being practically an extension ot' rail c. It is slotted to receive abolt, d, which 6o passes through said slot and theframe ot' the binder, to secure it to the arm I.

Ve prefer to construct the binder-frame as follows: l 2 3 et represent sills of a supporting-frame secu rely fastened together. 5 rep- 65 resents an extension of the frai'ne, through which passes the bolt d. 6 represents a bracket secured to rail 4; 7, ascrew-bolt for securing the bracket to rail c. Bolt d and bracket 6 therefore secure and support this frame to and 7o upon the rail c. The frame l 2 3 4 supports the adj Listing-frame, on which the driving mechanism of the binder and knetter is mounted. The knotting mechanism itself is not here shown. It is attached in the usual manner to the frame-piece 8, which is itself supported on the supplemental frame- K. This frame K is provided with two shoes or runners, e, which rest and are adapted to slide laterally on the lower frame. 9 9 repre- 8o sent arms of frame 8, both projecting forward, one under and the other over the binder-table l0. It is desirable to have theknotting mechh anisni secured to the frame 8, together with the binding-table l0, adjusted fore and aft, so as to accommodate the knottiug-mechanism to different lengths of grain. The frame K is therefore adjusted longitudinally on the supporting-frame, the shoes or runners c resting and sliding on the frame-pieces 2 3. 1]. repre- 9o sents a metallic loop secured to the frame 3 and passing around over one of the shoes e, so as to hold it down in position. Any wellknown fastening may be employed for securing it to its adjusted position. l2 13 repre- 95 sent braces connecting the supporting-frame to the main frame of the harvester, so as to steady it and hold it rigidly in position.

In Fig. 4 We have shown a modified form of hinging the supporting-frame to the main roo frame of the harvester. This modification consists in lengthening the extension 5 on the supporting-frame and hingiug it to the supporting-arm I, so that it will simply swing around on the pivot. The other form is the best, as it does not carry the binder-frame so far away from the Wheel when folded on the rear of the machine as when the extension is long, as shown in the modication. Either form of construction is, however, embraced in the first clause of claims herein.

The following is the preferred form of adjustin g the harvester-frame for transportation. rIhe supportingframe is released from its attachments by releasing the screw 7 and the braces at both ends, and releasing the attachment of bolt d. rIhe binderframe is slid or moved back on sills c, the bolt d resting in the slot of arm I, and serving as a guide and Way on which to move the bindenframe. When the binder-frame is moved back a sufficient distance to allow it to be swung around, then the end of the frame is carried around to the rear, the bolt cl acting as a pivot or hinge on which the frame turns. It is supported in the rear of the machine by meansof the arm I and the bracket or arm 14, which is preferably notched, as shown, so as to receive the rail 3, which rests in the slot.

The means herein shown of securing the binder-frame to the main frame is Very simple and cheap, and allows it to be readily adj usted to the transporting position, and readily brought back and adjusted to the working.

v position.

rIhe construction of the binder-frame of two sections allows the binder-table to be adj usted longitudinally with respect to the decking E.

These two different adjustments necessitate the I 5 and `bolt d, a slotted plate, I, on a sill of the main frame, and a rear support, 14, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the harvester main frame, and a binder-frame composed of the supporting-frame l 2 3 4, and a snpplemental frame, K, the latter having shoes which may move longitudinally on the sills of the supporting-frame, of a connection, 6, and bolt 7, securing the binder-frame to a sill of the main frame, a slotted guide on the latter, a bolt on the binderframe, engaging with the guide, and a support, 14, on the main frame, substantially as described.

3. In combination with a harvester, the binder-frame made of two sections, one, forming the supporting-frame, detachably connected to the harvester-frame and the other adjustably mounted upon the said supporting-frame, substantially as specified.

4. In combination Vwith t-he main frame ofa harvester, a binder-frame connected thereto l'by a longitudinally-moving hinge and a support or bracket on the main frame adapted to support the free end of the binder-frame, so

that said binder-frame may be slipped backward, and then moved around on its hinge and .er-frame mounted upon and pivoted to the harvester by a longitudinally adjustable hinge connection, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto setour hands.

ABEL HOOVER. ROBERT BROWN.

Titnesses:

.ROBERT` ZAHNER, E. E.v VVooD. 

